CEC sums up Yerevan municipality elections

The Central Electoral Commission on Sunday summed up the outcomes of the Yerevan City Council elections, distributing the mandates among the winning political forces and contenders.

The opposition blocs Yelk (Way Out) and Yerkir Tsirani (Country of Apricot), led respectively by Nikol Pashinyan and Zaruhi Postanjyan, challenged the Republican Party of Armenia on May 14.

The Republican's overwhelming majority of votes (71.25% or 240,036) paved way to incumbent Mayor Taron Margaryan's re-election. The ruling political force will receive 46 mandates in the municipal council. Yelk (21% or 70,731 votes) and Yerkir Tsirani (7.75% or 26,109 votes) will have respectively 14 and five mandates.

The CEC earlier reported a 40.99% voter turnout in the 474 polling stations of Yerevan.